The first Armored Core in a decade comes out and it got someone asking existential questions?

Feh! Just play Armored Core, it’s great!

Because mech has rigid body and gamedev likes controlling rigid body

I personally prefer big, clunky, stompy mechs (ala mechwarrior) over the super nimble ones (Armored Core, Gundam), but they’re all great nonetheless.

sexual perversion i assume

Because they increase the scale of combat to allow for michael bay like moments without having to write a character with nuclear weapon power levels